TY - JOUR
T1 - Equilibrium of nitrogen-rich spring waters of the Baikal Rift Zone with host rock minerals as a basis for determining mechanisms of their formation
AU - Shvartsev, S. L.
AU - Zamana, L. V.
AU - Plyusnin, A. M.
AU - Tokarenko, Olga Grigorievna
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - This paper presents calculations of equilibria between nitrogenrich hot springs of the Baikal Rift Zone (BRZ) and a secondary mineral assemblage (carbonate, fluoride, clay, zeolite, and other minerals). The results confirm the equilibrium–nonequilibrium character of the nitrogen spring water–rock system. Unlike other water types, the system evolves under conditions of continuous incorporation of chemical elements released from the host minerals into the newly formed secondary minerals. This allows the system to remain dynamically stable with no increase in salinity, despite continued water–rock interaction. The main factor responsible for this state of the system is a deficiency of acids, i.e., high pH. As a result, the disturbance of relationships between concentrations of aqueous species compared to the starting composition of dissolved solids produces a deficiency of some elements (Ca, Mg, Fe, Al, etc.) and an excess of other elements (Na, Si, F, etc.).
AB - This paper presents calculations of equilibria between nitrogenrich hot springs of the Baikal Rift Zone (BRZ) and a secondary mineral assemblage (carbonate, fluoride, clay, zeolite, and other minerals). The results confirm the equilibrium–nonequilibrium character of the nitrogen spring water–rock system. Unlike other water types, the system evolves under conditions of continuous incorporation of chemical elements released from the host minerals into the newly formed secondary minerals. This allows the system to remain dynamically stable with no increase in salinity, despite continued water–rock interaction. The main factor responsible for this state of the system is a deficiency of acids, i.e., high pH. As a result, the disturbance of relationships between concentrations of aqueous species compared to the starting composition of dissolved solids produces a deficiency of some elements (Ca, Mg, Fe, Al, etc.) and an excess of other elements (Na, Si, F, etc.).
KW - Baikal Rift Zone
KW - causes of low salinity
KW - evolution model
KW - formation of secondary minerals
KW - nitrogenrich spring waters
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U2 - 10.1134/S0016702915060087
DO - 10.1134/S0016702915060087
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938352457
VL - 53
SP - 713
EP - 725
JO - Geochemistry International
JF - Geochemistry International
SN - 0016-7029
IS - 8
ER -